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Research in Lanham

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Lanham, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Science Systems and Applications (United States).

Research institutions
7
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.5k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Lanham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Science Systems and Applications (United States)Company 2,099 #3,657
2Sigma Space (United States)Company 250 #3,498 all time
3Research Support Instruments (United States)Company 159 #22,950 all time
4Doctors Community HospitalHospital / health system 17 not ranked
5Muse Technologies (United States)Company 5 not ranked
6Strategic Community ServicesNonprofit 2 not ranked
7Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderNonprofit 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Science Systems and Applications (United States): 82.8%Sigma Space (United States): 9.9%Research Support Instruments (United States): 6.3%Doctors Community Hospital: 0.7%3 others listed: 0.4%83%largest
Science Systems and Applications (United States)2,099 · 82.8%Sigma Space (United States)250 · 9.9%Research Support Instruments (United States)159 · 6.3%Doctors Community Hospital17 · 0.7%3 others listed9 · 0.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Lanham strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lanham is most concentrated in Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Global and Planetary Change (52.3× the world share in Atmospheric Science).

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 52.1 works52×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 28.3 works24×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 37.0 works22×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 62.5 works18×
  5. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 28.0 works11×
  6. Physics and AstronomyField · 42.3 works8.4×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Lanham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Satellite Observations, Air Quality, Ozone Depletion, Stratospheric Water Vapor, Climate Change, On-Orbit Performance and Radiometric Calibration.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Remote Sensing34▲ 12×23 topics
  2. Satellite Observations29▲ 134×3 topics
  3. Climate Change29▲ 4.7×43 topics
  4. Air Quality29▲ 69×6 topics
  5. Ozone Depletion24▲ 352×1 topic
  6. Stratospheric Water Vapor24▲ 352×1 topic
  7. On-Orbit Performance20▲ 765×1 topic
  8. Radiometric Calibration20▲ 765×1 topic
  9. Hydrological Cycle19▲ 89×2 topics
  10. Climate18▲ 90×2 topics
  11. Aerosols15▲ 99×1 topic
  12. Atmospheric Dust15▲ 275×1 topic
  13. Water Quality15▲ 17×6 topics
  14. Atmospheric Aerosols13▲ 102×1 topic
  15. Black Carbon13▲ 102×1 topic
  16. Emissions13▲ 28×4 topics
  17. Shale Gas12▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Atmospheric12▲ 111×1 topic
  19. Methane12▲ 111×1 topic
  20. Global Warming11▲ 12×9 topics
  21. Data Assimilation10▲ 27×4 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 17×5 topics
  23. Quantum Gravity8▲ 44×3 topics
  24. Ocean Circulation7▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Supernovae7▲ 37×2 topics
  26. Cosmological Parameters7▲ 53×1 topic
  27. Dark Energy7▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Boundary Layer7▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Convective Parameterization6▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Mesoscale Modeling6▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Black Holes6▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Sparse Representation6▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Detection5▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. Harmful Algal Blooms5▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Sea Level Rise5▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Eutrophication5▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Infrared5▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Small Target5▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Forecasting5▲ 11×4 topics

What research is done in Lanham?

  1. 1 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 24 works
  2. 2 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 20 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 13 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  6. 6 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  7. 7 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 6 works
  8. 8 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 5 works
  10. 10 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works

Research output over time

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